Putting a Stop to My Sixty-Five-Year-Old Neighbor's Elevator Smoking

After working hard for five years, I finally had a home and a dog in the big city. Then I ran into an old neighbor who insisted on smoking in the elevator. He left the little girl riding with us red-faced from the smoke, and even laughed. “Girls are so delicate. Once she marries a husband who hits her, she’ll learn her place!” I was furious, but then he turned his attack on me. “And you! You make money but don’t think to support your parents. Instead, you spend it on an animal. You’re so selfish!” “Having to share an elevator with an animal is such a damn disgrace!” I sneered. “Having to share an elevator with you really is a disgrace!”